Sounds That Mend Us: Must-Listen Music
A look back at 2021 releases from Baltimore/DC-affiliated artists in anticipation for 2022
Entering 2022, it is gratifying that this city's music is still full of such vitality.
Jaddie Fang
Music Critic
Jaddie Fang has worked as an independent curator, writer, film translator, skateboarder and artist for over a decade. Her works include photography, video, music, and writing under the pseudonym “小玉”, “小鬻, or Jaddie Fang since 2011. Born and raised in Taiwan, she currently resides in Baltimore Maryland working as a freelancer and independent curator since 2017.
Stories By Jaddie Fang
Maverick Punk Sound: An Interview with Double Dagger
The legendary Baltimore punk band talks about its brief comeback, art and commercialism, and critical visceral performance
Around the end of August, Double Dagger announced their two-date shows at Ottobar and Current Space as a “once in a decade” event that would only be held in Baltimore in mid-October.
Soft Revolution in a Free Guitar Rhythm: An Interview with Mdou Moctar
The Tuareg guitarist talks about poetry in translation, legacies of colonization, and building his first guitar using bicycle brake cables
Mdou Moctar's music carries memories through traditional guitar rhythms, a fusion between the desert nomads and modern diaspora.
Dan Deacon’s Long-Form and Experimental Radio Show Rekindles Human Connection Through Music
The weekly show airs on WTMD on Friday nights
The show is a two-hour listening experience that is about experience, not acquisition.
The Future of Live Music Post-Pandemic
An interview with Ottobar’s Tecla Tesnau and Todd Lesser and WWR’s KK Yeh
Yeh, Tesnau, and Lesser spoke with me about the importance of a robust local music industry, adapting during the pandemic, and deeply missing the visceral experience of live music.
The Dissensus Convergence: Prairie WWWW, Non-Confined Space, and Horse Lords in Conversation
Democratic process and production, decolonization, and more
Bmore Art